Morning News Roundup: San Francisco's Coit Tower Reopens

Architecture news and views from around the nation and beyond.

Guardian Troll: A troll statue was installed on the new span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, at the spot where broken bolts were discovered last year. An article in the San Francisco Chronicle notes: "...since the traditional job of trolls is to oversee and protect bridges, we can guess his home was strategically selected to ensure the longevity and safety of the $6.4 billion span." [San Francisco Chronicle]

ICYMI: Today is the dedication ceremony for the National September 11 Memorial Museum and Pavilion. [ARCHITECT]

More on Academy Museum: Critic Christopher Hawthorne argues that the exit of Zoltan Pali, FAIA, could buy the Academy Museum project some much-needed time to reevaluate the design. He writes, "A wholesale reassessment would mean pushing back the groundbreaking to 2015. That in turn would require the academy to be more forthright about the missteps it's already made." And he continues, "The academy should stop worrying about public-relations fallout and admit that the design process for the museum needs more time. It should announce that it is taking at least six months to take stock." [Los Angeles Times]